Automobile Accidents

• Road Rage & Accidents Over Matthews Bridge Closure

  Eddie Farah | April 25, 2007 2:18 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  Angry motorists have innundated the Department of Transportation Jacksonville's offices over the bridge closure that has increased their commute from 15 minutes to an hour. The Matthews Bridge, the main artery from downtown to Arlington, had its eastbound lanes closed last week while the DOT replaces the steel grating with a new, epoxy smooth surface.The westbound lane remains open, but that...

• Outrage Expressed Over Mexican Trucker Program

  Eddie Farah | April 24, 2007 9:33 AM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  Truckers from around the nation plan to circle the White House this week in a show of outrage over a pilot program to open our borders and jacksonvill'e highways to Mexican long-haul rigs. President Bush has signed a bill that opens the nation's highways to 18-wheelers from south of the border. Up to 17,000 could soon be on our roads by-passing the sort of scrutiny and safety checks for big-rigs...

• Car Hits Teen Sleep In Road

  Eddie Farah | April 23, 2007 8:18 AM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  This is one of the more bizarre stories I've heard lately. A teenager was waiting for his school bus on Jacksonville's Westside. That happens every day, but what was strange was this young man had his pillow and blanket and was sleeping in the street. There is obviously more to this story such as where were his parents? Where is his head? And why was he so exhausted? As you might expect a car...

• School Bus Accident Hurts Motorist

  Eddie Farah | April 16, 2007 2:51 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  Early this morning in Arlington a failed traffic light lead to a school bus crash which could have been much worse.Traffic lights failed at Merrill and Rogero Roads. Around 7am, a driver rammed their car into a school bus with 12 students aboard.Luckily none of the students was hurt, nor was the driver. But the car's driver was taken to Shands. There is no word yet on his or her condition.While...

• Voters Can Choose Safety of Kids in Auto Accidents

  Eddie Farah | April 16, 2007 10:37 AM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  Florida state legislators are hurrying to finish this session which ends tomorrow, Tuesday, April 17th. Among the bills which will likely get a boost is one that requires child safety restraint seats for children as old as seven. But voters need to call their state senators and reps right away as budgetary issues may force the clock to run out on this important bill. Car accidents are the...

• Police Say Cyclist Caused Tractor-Trailer Crash

  Eddie Farah | April 13, 2007 11:39 PM | 1 CommentJacksonville, FL

  You see them all the time on the road--cyclists who sometimes follow the rules of the road--sometimes do not. Something went terribly wrong Wednesday evening when 18-year-old Ronald Dale of Waycross, Georgia failed to stop at a sign and that began a chain of events resulting in the death of a female motorist. 33-year old Sarah Elaine Cribb Poss was just trying to avoid Dale. She did, but lost...

• I-95 Auto Accident Kills Teen Best Friends

  Eddie Farah | April 12, 2007 11:35 PM | 3 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  Amanda Alzate was just 19 years old. One of seven children. She was often asked if she was a model.Amanda lost her life around 3pm Wednesday when she was ejected from the truck that was being driven by her best friend, Sandra Monzon.The truck tried to access a highway ramp and instead rolled.According to the Florida Highway Patrol, Sandra Monzon, also 19, tried to cut through the grass to make...

• Hero Rescues Children Following Head-On

  Eddie Farah | April 11, 2007 11:50 AM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  It took the courage of one woman to save the lives of three children riding in an SUV who were hit head-on Monday.The as-yet unidentified woman was traveling north on AIA from Duval into Nassau County when the Dodge Neon in front of her crossed the median into oncoming traffic. The 17-year old driver, Lawrence Brown was following his father to work in Amelia Island. No word on why he crossed...

• Legislature May Reform PIP

  Eddie Farah | April 05, 2007 11:08 PM | 1 CommentJacksonville, FL

  We see it every day. A person injured in an auto accident goes to the doctor for common pains that result. Even without health insurance, Personal Injury Protection or PIP, which every person pays for as part of their auto policy, can mean the difference between finding problems or letting chronic conditions go undiagnosed. But the insurance lobby wants to get rid of PIP and the up to $10,000...

• Motorcyclist Killed in I-95 Hit-And-Run

  Eddie Farah | March 30, 2007 2:49 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  The Florida Highway Patrol is trying to find the driver of a tractor-trailer truck that hit and killed a motorcyclist Wednesday morning, and then kept driving southbound.It happened just north of Airport Road when the motorcyclist from Woodbine, GA drove in front of the back half of the tandum-trailer. The motorcycle driver was ejected and run over by the rig's back wheels while the trucker...